The fourth annual Adelfia Fireworks Fair in Bari drew 30,000 spectators turning out to see a series of firework displays designed by the top Italian companies. Accompanying them were DAS professional sound systems…

The festivities fall on the day that marks the festival of San Trifone, and culminate in a fireworks display that is set to music. Pyrotechnic Emotions of the Past and Present was a joint presentation from Nanna Fireworks and Pirotécnica San Severo, with Omnia Service handling the technical side of the show.

Omni Service paired with Antonio Armillotta to design the sound for this much-anticipated event, using a selection of DAS line array systems and Powersoft amplifiers. Two linear hangs of DAS Event 210A powered line array systems were brought in for the main PA and were paired with six DAS Event 218A, powered subwoofers explosive enough to provide lows that were the equal of the fireworks. Two relay towers equipped with a combination of DAS Aero 28 and DAS 218 subwoofer systems were also set up to contend with the large audience area.

‘The sound work was delicate in terms of the size of the space – we had to cover an area nearly 300m long in front but with a barely 30m depth. The objective was to ensure uniform sound along the entire front of the audience, which we achieved by setting up an extremely robust PA combined with lighter delay towers’, says Head of Omnia Service’s Audio Department, Alessandro Mazzetti. ‘The sharpness of the Event 210A systems and the high sound pressure they provided deserves a special mention. We were also impressed with the powerful punch of the Event 218A subwoofers, which performed flawlessly. The entire system performed with the solvency and reliability characteristic of DAS Audio products.’